These Banana Gingerbread Muffins are buttery, fluffy, and moist and filled with deep flavours of molasses, ginger, and cinnamon.
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The banana and gingerbread are such a great combination in this recipe!! Imagine ginger cookie meets banana muffin. Rich, cozy flavours of molasses and spices shine with classic banana muffin flavour still coming through.
I know you're probably thinking "Gingerbread?! That sounds like a Christmas recipe!". I will admit, gingerbread is a classic Christmas flavour and those fairy lights do look very Christmassy, but I assure you this is definitely not evidence of how excited I am to start developing Christmas content... hehe! 😉
But, no, this recipe is completely acceptable to make any time in the Fall season or Christmas or year-round, really!
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Banana Gingerbread Muffins
Equipment
- 12-count muffin tin(s)
- muffin liners or nonstick spray
- mixing bowls
- measuring cups & spoons
- whisk
- silicone spatula
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter, melted
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup molasses (I use fancy molasses)
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- optional: coarse sugar (to sprinkle on top of the muffins before baking)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line two 12-count muffin tins with muffin liners or grease with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the melted butter, brown sugar, molasses, mashed bananas, eggs, and vanilla.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon. Add to the bowl of wet ingredients and stir just until incorporated and no streaks of flour remain, being careful not to overmix.
- Evenly distribute the batter between the prepared pans, filling each cup or liner about half full. Top with a sprinkle of coarse sugar, if desired. Bake, one pan at a time, in the preheated oven for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the muffin tins for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling. Bake the remaining muffins. Enjoy!
Notes
Love and Cookies,
Naomi ♡
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So warm and Christmasy! Even in September. These were so good and my favorite thing was how simple they were to make! I added a little nutmeg into the batter and some rolled oats and brown sugar as the topping. Definitely saving this recipe to use up any extra bananas I gave lying around 😊